Fstjama trousers



May 31, 1927. v Y,

G. M. HARSH snm noussns original Filed Feb. 19. 1926 :MQi-lllllllllllillllllll May 31, 14927.

G. M. HA'RsH PYJAIA TROUSERS Original Filed Feb. 19. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Reuma May 31', v1927'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' GEORGE n. amsn, or saumons, MARYLAND.

. PYJAMA rnousans.

Original No. 1,593,631, dated July 2'2,l 1926', Serial No'. 89,45, led February 19, 1926. Application for The draw string or other fastening means at' the waist is a well known source of annoyance and discomfort in connection with the common type of pyjama trousers. When the string' is drawn tight enough to support the garment it is ordinarily too tight for comfort and it' is frequently knotted and broken. Under these circumstances it can only 'be replaced with difficulty.

trousers buttoned at the waist and without a draw string are not much used because when fitted tightly enough to stay up when the wearer is upright, they are too tight in the reclining position and for wear throughout the night. The expedient whereby an elastic band is passed through the hem of the garment, the ends being connected together, the band not being fastened to the fabric at any point, is well known, but this is unsatisfactory, and all garments of the drawstring type are comparatively unsightly. I

The present inventionA relates to a new elastic fabric of stretchable textile material and rubber, the same being particularly adapted for use as a garment supporting aand, but capable of more general use. This vfabric has been developed in connection with van improved garment in the nature of pyjama trousers or trousers for a pyjama suit whereby the difficulties recited are overcome. The garment is provided with a waist band of elastic mesh fabricwhich'contains sheet rubber and the hips and waist of the garment may be made slightly, but not excessively full, it being understood thatthe main body of the garment is made of an inelastic woven fabric. The upper edge of the garment fabric'is gathered slightly, but

not pleated, and secured to thelower edge of the waist band. This produces, when the waist band is free and, therefore, contracted, the effect of fluting or waving at the top of the inelastic fabric instead of the effect of creases or pleats, as described in certain prior patents relating particularly to skirts.l

lVhen the garment is wornthe waist portion lies flat over the waist of the wearer, not

. binding or giving the effect .of excessive tightness at the waist as in a draw string vided with a fly-opening at the front and a` Pyjama Garment having `either a plainor elasticv 1927. Serial No. 159,969. l

suitable fastening at the meeting ends of the waist band at the top of the garment, so that it'is not necessaryto stretch the garment over the hips, which makes it possible to dispense With excessive fullness as pointed out. r1`he object of the elastic waist band is mainly \to cause the garment to fit at the waist so it is supported without discomfort.

lVhile I have hereinafter described in detail a garment waist structure and the preferred arrangement and manner of attaching and closing lthe waist band at the ends, these details are not regarded as essential, the invention being of a broader scope, and

comprising a waist band ofelastic textile webbing covering a stripI of sheet rubber secured to the webbing by elastic stitching,

which latter term is used as referring to a` lstitching so arranged as not to interfere un-4 duly with the elasticity of the rubber and to distribute the same uniformly, giving uniform contraction Yand' expansion of the fabric covering the rubber sufficient to cause the waist band to cling :and fit without discom The invention provides not only a garillustrated a. pyjama trousers garment embody-'ing the features lof the invention in the preferred form, and in what is at present regarded as a' secondary form. In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe waist and lhip portionV of the garment looking from the rear,4 the waist band being contracted.

Figure-2 is a similar view showing the. garment in the position which it takesl when worn, he outline of the body above the waist o 4the garment being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 3-is a cross section through the band onthe line 3''3 of Figure 1.

Figure l lis an elevation of a fragment of y-the band on au enlarged scale,fthe band lbeing contracted.

Figure 5 is an elevation of asimilar por-il vtion of the band expanded.

Figure 6 is a view similar toFigure 1 showing a diiferent form of waist band.

Figure 7 corresponds to Figure 2;.a'nd

Figure 8l is a fragmentary view showing the meeting ends of the band and waist `por tion at the fly slightly separated as if about to be drawn together and buttoned about the wearer.

Referring. tol the drawings by numerals,

each of which is used to indicate the same or similar parts in the different figures, and first having reference to Figures 1 to 5, the

` preferred form of garment, as shown, comprises a main or body portion and legs 1 of inelastic woven fabric slightly full at the hips 2 and waist portion 3. This garment is provided with a Waist band 4 of elastic mesh `fabric which may contain rubber or similar material 5. This band is in normaI or'contractedY position slightly shorter than the corresponding length of the topedge 6 of the garment fabric nd the top edge ,6 is sewed to the bottom edge 7 of the waist band, the waist band being stretched for this pur lpose to the full length \of the edge 6 of inelasticv fabric, softhat in contracted position the. top portion'yrof the inelastic fabric is gathered as show/ni at 8, or slightly waved,

but not pleated. To produce this effect the band 4 may be possessed of a comparativelyslight degree'of e asticity as compared to theusual elastic b'ands used for garters and the like. f

In the form of garment shown there is an opening in the nature ofa fl at 9 apt the front andthe waist band is ormed with meeting ends 10. These ends, as shown, are fastened in any suitable manner as by a button 11. .See Figure 8. y

In what is considered the preferred form y of the invention .the waist band 4 isof elastic tubular fabric and to give increased elasticity to the band a strip orstrap 5 of thin rubber or similar material, the rubber Y being of a composition which resists', to the :last degree, chemicals, water and-heat,l as

applied in ordinary steam laundry Work,

is placed inside the tube or otherwise assembled withthe waist band. This strap or strip is of very thin sheet'ma'terial and may be of a width almost equal to the' inside of the band when flattened. To distribute the resilient effect of the strip throughout the length of the waist band and, if desired, to

prevent injury tothe band and fabric by stretching beyond the desired maximum elongation, and also to prevent breaking of the seam 6 and possible tearing ofthe top 'edge of .the garment fabric 15 at thewaist portion at 3, the waist band tube 4r and. strap 5 arestitchedthroughout the length of the band with one or more circumferential or longitudinal lines of stitching 13. lEach line ofstitching is preferablyformed with, or of, a'heavy strand/10, whichv s houldbeoit '.a strong liber, as silk.

Thisstitchingymaybe correctly described A as reinforcing the band, and to give elasticity and at the same time' limit the elastic yieldingof the band, the stitching may be ar-v ranged in various ways to give the desired result. In view of the information at presvention. As already statedFigure 4 shows a fragment of the Waist band contracted, and

Figure 5 shows the same section expanded. Stretching of the waist band has the effect of deflecting. the legs 41 so ithat instead of being parallel as in thel contracted condition of the bandthey diverge at an angle which, as shown, is from thirty to forty-live degrecs, though this is variable and dependent on other conditions. It will be noted that the lines of stitching are spaced with substantial uniformity across the fabric and that Hill they have a considerable spread due tothe zigzag arrangement of the stitches, so that the lines of stitching serve not only to communicate the elasticity of the rubber to the textile fabric, butto distribute the same with substantial uniformity throughout the area.

of the textile fabric.

In Figures 6, 7 and 8"I haveillustratedf another form of the invention in which `a tubular fabric elastic band 24 is used Without the strip 5 of rubber or similar `sheet-material, but the fabric of which the band is composed may contain strands 25 of rubber' interwoven with the textile fabric of which the band is formed, however, `the fabric band without the rubber has a considerable degree of elasticity and may be so used. L`

In connection with the button and buttonhole fastenings 11, 17, -I have shown a rein- Y force which prevents pulling and distortion of the fabric around the fastenings, the reinforce as shown being in the nature of rectangular tabs 32 which are. sewed to thevwaist band covering the end portions `of the Y same, as shown, the edges of the tabs being sewed to the band. In the preferred form, in ordei' to obtain'thebenefitof the elasticity of the full length of the band these tabs are sewed to the waist band 24 along three edges only, i. e., atV the end edge 34 and the top an bottom edges 35, the other end ed e'16 toward the center of the band bein 1e unattached. The buttons 11 are sewe through and through the pad and reinforcement'and the button holes 17 are'similarly formed.

VThe waist band, as disclosed, of sheet rubber covered with stretchable textile fabric and sewed with stitching so arranged as not to prevent stretching, at least within the desired elongation, constitutes a new elastic fabric capablev of use as a .supporting or' holding means for any kind of wearing apparel and as an elastic member or fabric for sense, the ned in the and desire by Letters Patfabric, the waist bandl being sewed tothe top l edge of the garment fabric, thegarment havin a front opening and cooperating fastening means at each end of the waist band at each side of the opening, and tabs reinforcing the ends of the waist band on each side of the opening, stitching attachin the tabs at the top, bottom and outer n n edges, the other edge of each tab being ree.

2. In a p 'ama trousers garment, a waist band consistin fabric, a. ban of sheetl rubber enclosed within the elastic fabric, and stitchinsecuring the rubber to the fabric throug out substantially the entire length of the rubber, the stitching comprising stitches placed transversely to the direction of the band.v

3. In a garment, a waist band consisting of a tube of elastic 'textile fabric, a' strip of sheet rubber enclosed within the tubular fabric, and elastic stitching securing the erein are used descrip-l of a tubular elastic textilelrubber to the fabric for substantially the entire len h of the rubber..

4. An e astio band of fabric and rubber comprising sheet rubber, a covering of stretchable textile fabric, and elastic stitching sewed through and through the rubber and fabric connecting the rubber to the fabric and comprising stitching s aced in- Wardl from the edges of the ru ber distributin the elasticity of the rubber with substantial uniformity throughout the area ofthe overlying fabric.

5..An elastic band of fabric and rubber comprising a strip of sheet rubber, a cover` ing of stretchable textile fabric, and stitching intermediate the edges of the rubber sewed through and through the rubber and fabric connecting the rubber to the fabric .and distributing the elasticity ofthe rubber throughout the overlying portion of the fabric, the stitching comprising stitches inclined to the length of the band so that when the band is elongated the stitching conforms'to the increased length of the band by change of the direction of the inclined stitches approachingl parallelism with the length of the band, the textile fabric lying fiat on the rubber in the relaxed con-dition of the band.

6. A supporting band for Wearing a arel consisting of a` tube of elastic textie abrio, a strip of sheet rubber enclosed within the fabric and elastici stitching Securing the rubber to the fabric causing the textile fabric to contract and expand with the rub# ber, thefabric lying flaton the rubber at all times. 7. A supporting band for wearing apparel conslstin on both sides and folded over an edge o the band, the fabric and rubber being connected by stitching extending through and through the fabric and rubber and including stitch'- ing spaced inwardly from the ed es of the strip causing the fabric to expan and contract with the rubber, the textile fabric l ing flat'on the rubber in the relaxed conition of the band. l,

SiU ed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 1st day of December, 1926.

i GEORGE M. HARSH.

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